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They've undergone sanctions in 2014 for russia's first invasion of ukraine, but this seeming to be much bigger. putin seems to be incredibly angry about the situation. the russian government still figuring out what to do about it, kate. >> nic robertson in moscow, thank you so much. so this morning, we get a clearer picture of the growing refugee crisis that russia's invasion is creating. the united nations reporting half a million people have been forced to flee the country in the last five days. cnn's scott mclean is in lviv, ukraine, with much more on this angle of the story. >> reporter: r...

These children, two weeks in, we are not crying and. where are they used to it are they in the state of shock? >> i think they're in a state of shock. they're trying to process what is going on. and as you have called it -- 2 million people have left the country, among them 1 million children. just that gives you a figure -- an estimate of the magnitude of how many children have been going through traumatizing effects. but what we are trying to do is help mothers and help families to bring back a sense of normalcy. so we've been working with social centers, with hospitals, with all the sort of...

Thousands that are crossing into countries like poland, moldova and beyond. >> let's talk about kyiv for a moment because this has been one of the key transit points for people moving on and going to places like poland. but it's also become something like a life boat, because i've seen the city grow in the last few weeks and the city is a little overwhelmed. are you finding you're serving new sort of temporary residents here as well? >> absolutely. the city is bursting at the seams right now. every day we're getting new requests for food at differing locations that can stretch from a universit...

Station in poland near the border. polish mothers leaving their strollers filled with supplies at the station for desperate ukrainian parents traveling with their children. joining us now, kelly cobiella, live from the polish border with ukraine. kelly, are you seeing something like that continue and just, it seems like it's increasing. >> yeah, well, we're one of the busier -- one of the busiest transit points, really. this train station. you can see how hectic as it's as we show you around here a little bit. this is the world central kitchen. they're handing out meals, sometimes the first ho...

Of shock. they're trying to process what is going on. and as you have called it -- 2 million people have left the country, among them 1 million children. just that gives you a figure -- an estimate of the magnitude of how many children have been going through traumatizing effects. but what we are trying to do is help mothers and help families to bring back a sense of normalcy. so we've been working with social centers, with hospitals, with all the sort of points, transit points as well, where children are to ensure that we can get a sense of normalcy back to children. and give them a pick of t...